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December 18th, 2015

Now that we are in the middle of a record-breaking Star Wars weekend, it seems everyone wants to learn how to be a Jedi. Only a select few will learn from the oldest and wisest Jedi master.[https://youtu.be/vop3...

Perhaps he was tough. Perhaps he was just lucky. We don't know how Thomas survived when the war arrived in Sodor. All we know is that Thomas somehow made it through it all--though he wished that he hadn't when Sir Topham...

Amazon continued to crush the competition in 2015 by offering Sunday delivery, talking about drone delivery and starting to offer both food and grocery delivery, so we don't need to leave the house ever again.But for som...

(Photo: Black Label Bacon)The Force Awakens to the smell of freshly fried bacon. But I advise letting the Wookiee eat it all. Wookiees are known to pull people's arms out of their sockets when they're hungry. Let the Woo...

Finding and collecting rare books takes specialized knowledge. We all have an attic full of old books, because books are hard to let go of. But the ones that are worth big bucks are the rare ones, and they are quite hard...

(Photo: garritcole)A now-deleted Craigslist offering in Boston offered the ideal Christmas party entertainment: a living Elf on the Shelf staring at your guests. It's the perfect way to set the mood!I wonder if he's avai...

Want to learn how to make pretty candy roses from penny candy you wouldn’t bother to eat otherwise?[https://youtu.be/X0pw7gr1ta4] (YouTube link)From prison ingenuity to a children’s party activity. Or maybe s...

This tiny kitten was undoubtedly the luckiest in the state of California on Tuesday when its life was saved in its last seconds by a quick thinking workman at a recycling plant in Galt. Tony Miranda is in charge of...

DW The Extraterrestrial 11th by WirdouWhen the 11th incarnation of The Doctor was due to depart he wanted to go out with a bang, so he took notes from a popular 80s movie about an extraterrestrial and took flight across...

Myths and legends are an inherent part of the holiday season, and that means many of the "facts" we've been told about the holidays are nothing but lies.It's obvious Santa Claus doesn't really live at the North Pole, but...

The Royal Lahaina Hotel on Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii | Image: Maui Wowie!Some people claim they can't afford to travel, but if one makes travel a priority and saves their (Starbucks, pricey grocery...

You think you know everything there is to know about the Star Wars universe? Think again! This trivia list goes deep into territory you’ve never explored, and even gets to the bottom of some Star Wars*...

Macaulay Culkin was a cute kid best known for playing Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone movies, but nowadays he's known for strange side projects like The Pizza Underground and for being a bit of a reclusive c...

Can you keep a straight beat? Why sure! I’ve never played drums, but I was in marching band and don’t draw attention to myself on the dance floor, so I guess that's passable for a non-musician. But here we ha...

[https://youtu.be/tdFhFejVDoI]YouTube LinkIn this, the 44th episode of Anglophenia, host Kate Arnell gives us a look at traditional Christmas dinners in other countries. Fancy dining on a roasted reindeer or two? How abo...

Several fairly new technologies combine to make something pretty neat -Christmas lights in the sky! Ascending Technologies programmed a drone with LEDs to perform a precise dance in the air, while taking long-exposure ph...

[https://youtu.be/4Pqc2Afhz3o]YouTube LinkMountain goats were placed in the state of Utah in the latter part of the 1960s. Since intially introduced, their numbers skyrocketed from a population of six to over 2,000. The...

You might be surprised at how far back some of our modern conveniences originate -and they don't look their age at all! (Image credit: Flickr user thirtyfootscrew) 1. ROBOTSRobots seem futuristic, but t...

The Crab Is Mine! by TinkerpenSebastian prefers to spend his life underwater because he's always hated going to the shore, mostly because there's always somebody there who tries to turn him into tomorrow's lunch. But th...

The Russian internet is circulating a set of photos that appear to show a a Dachshund helping his humans at the auto repair shop. Why crawl back out from under the car to get to your toolbox when your dog will bring the...

Elliot the cat really enjoys a good box. He received this box on September 10th, and he went to town on it immediately. But he was in no hurry to finish it off. It took three months to eat it all![https://youtu.be/Xt9SFj...

Every holiday is better when it's been Pee-weed. Angela Walsh, a big-league fan of Paul Reubens's iconic character has decorated for Christmas accordingly. Her tree is covered with pictures of Pee-wee and red bow-tie acc...

Between World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall, communication between the Western powers and the Soviet Union was shackled by the deep rivalry and distrust of the Cold War. The US and the USSR had nukes aimed at ea...

Vladimir Putin is a strange man, that much we know, but what we don't yet know is why.Is he an evil mastermind hell bent on controlling the world? Probably not, at least not while he's awake.Is he from another planet? Su...